This is the work of Su Blackwell who makes intricate art from every-day objects, transforming clothes and books into fantastical three-dimensional forms. Using a scalpel she cuts and glues the pages of books to create miniature dioramas glowing with lights in wood and glass boxes.

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Book Lamp by Ragip Erdem

Polia by Manuel Vivianfor Axo Light

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Chair made from recycled books by David Karoff

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Matej Krén’s building by Slovakian artist inside The Museum of Modern Art in Bologna

Book Vases, Lamp & Stool by Laura Cahill

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Hanging Décor from Vintage Books

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Beauty and the Book focuses on the visual aspects of books, and suggests reading them as one "reads" a work of art. Like art, books are a mixture of matter and spirit, manual labor, thought, and creativity. They have shape, color, dimensions, substance, and other qualities, and the concept of beauty emerges from the different combinations and interactions of all these qualities.

The installation is entitled Idiom, and was created by the artist Matej Kren.

Taiwan artist, Chen Long Bin, using old books to create sculptures that are very detailed which makes them look like statues from themarble or wood. Despite all his work is made of several books, he carved them all in such a way that fits with the size of the book together with finely carved.